Athena left the two of them in the house and went to take care of her own business. Wendy followed her and thought, 'How I wish I was a strong woman like Athena. She definitely is something else.'
After the door was closed, Adam looked at Desire Shaw with rage. She hasn't saw the man she loved like this before and was truly scared because she now knew the truth about him delaying paying her bride prize. Her parents in Ruanda were making pressure to her so she can become a married woman. Her mistake in all of this was that she has not told her parents that the man that assume the responsibilities of his mistake was already married. She knew that if she said to her parents that Adam was married, they would stop talking to her.
In Ruanda, they believed that sleeping with a married man was a sign of bad luck for their family. And she slept with a married man without knowing. When Desire met Adam four years ago, she saw the ring on his finger and when she asked, he told her that he was married but his marriage was crumbling. Her being so naive believed his story and allow herself to fall in love. When she found out that Adam was lying about filing for divorce, was too late. She was already pregnant, and she was not aware. She only found out about the pregnancy when she was four months pregnant. She could not abort a child with heartbeat and was out of the question because she would blame herself if she did that. Plus, Adam to is not a fan of abortion.
"What have I done to you now? Why do you want to destroy my marriage?" Adam asked furious and looked at Desire.
Desire did not dare to answer because she knew that what she has to say would not be a plausible reason that would made Adam leave her wife to marry her. Her bride prize won't be paid if he leaves Athena for good. Thus, she does not know if that is a possibility inside of Adam's head.
"Answer me!" Adam was red of anger when he shouted at her.
Rashi became scared of the father's tone. She looked at him and said, "Daddy, daddy, shush! Shush!" She said that with one of her right fingers in front of her mouth.
Adam got close to Rashi and carried her. "I'm sorry for shouting while you are in the room. Please forgive me. You know I love you."
"I love you too, Daddy!" Rashi said hugging Adam.
Adam looked at Desire and said, "I am still waiting for you to say something. It is better for you to start talking before things get out of hand." He said calmly, containing himself so he would not do something that later will regret.
"I came… I came here because I want you to marry me. We have a child together and I thought that your wife was dumb enough to allow you to let you go…"
Slap!
Adam slapped Desire because of the nonsense she was spilling from her mouth. 'How did I allow such despicable woman to think that she has a say on my marriage?', he thought.
Desire was shocked with such a fast move from Adam hand. She did not expect that the man she knew as a gentleman had such dark side on him. They never fought before, at least till he gets to such point. Their arguments were about superficial things and afterwards, he showered her with expensive gifts because most of the time the arguments were about his obsessive jealousy.
"You are calling the woman that build who I am today naive, right? You know that it is because of her that you have a nice job and live in a comfortable place. Oh wait, you do not know, because if you knew you won't be a complete idiot to lose it all."
Desire started to cry. "Adam, how will I know? I thought that was because of you that I had such lavish life."
"Because you thought that since she is an influencer, she cannot think for herself."
"I did not know about this."
"Of course, you did not know. You are not my wife. If you were, you will know it all. Now that you know everything, what are you planning to do?"
Desire did not know what to tell Adam that will make him allow her to stay in the country. She knew that his business was everything for him. Plus, she also knew about all the other business he had all over the world. But he was only able to conquer them after his marriage with Athena which means that if they got divorced, he would not have a dime under his name.
"I don't have an answer for that question." Desire said with her head down looking at Rashi. "I only wanted a perfect family for our daughter." She added.
"Will you accept me if I don't have a dime under my name?" Adam asked because he started to connect the dots about Desire intentions.
She did not say a word about the matter to him, because she knew that love wasn't enough to make sure that bills are paid. Plus, her salary as an event planner isn't enough to cover everything because she wasn't paying the rent of the place she was living and adding that portion to her monthly bills, she wouldn't know how to survive.
"I don't have other choice then to send you to South Africa. Things there are not expensive as here, so you will be able to survive." He said after pouring all the facts on the table.
"What about Rashi?" Desire asked in a worried tone.
"I do not want her here with me." Adam replied. "I do not want to lie to everyone about the resemblance she has with me. Plus, the person I could use as an excuse is already married and everyone knows her three-year-old daughter." Adam replied to Desire's question with a sincere tone.
"I don't want to lose you!" She said crying.
"You lost me at the minute you decide to knock this door. I will never leave my wife for someone that is only interested in my bank account. The woman that you called 'dumb' was with me when I was nobody, so I will stay by her side no matter what."
Desire heart was broken into million pieces when she heard what Adam said. She never expected that her place in his heart was so small. She thought she had gained his heart after having Rashi, but she was so wrong because Rashi is disposable like a dirty diaper.
"I know that going back to your parents' house in Ruanda is out of question. I don't know and I don't care what you told them, but I am pretty sure that they would not receive you with open hands. If I do remember well, you have an aunt in South Africa so you can go stay with her. I don't care. It is up to you." Adam said in a cold tone. "When you decide what to do, send me a message and I will buy the flight ticket for you and Rashi for the next flight." He added getting up to leave. "I have a lot of things to prepare for my daughter's arrival so, please, you need to leave!" He said showing her the way out.
Desire understood everything, got Rashi to her body, got up and leave. She did not expect this end for her fairytale. She imagined that he would choose her instead of the wife.
"I will give you an answer till the end of the day!" She finally said.
Adam was satisfied with Desire reply and said, "That would be even better. Since we don't know exactly what Athena has in mind, is better we rush with this process." He said in a cold tone. "About Rashi, every single month you will receive three thousand five hundred pounds so you can take care of her and yourself. When you decide what to do with your life like opening a business, let me know. I can ask one of my siblings to help you with that." He added in a way that Desire could understand that the only existing bond between the two was Rashi and nothing else.